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| name = ''Vipera nikolskii''
| name = ''Vipera nikolskii''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| phylum = Chordata
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| subphylum = Vertebrata
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| ordo = Squamata
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]]
| subordo = [[Snake|Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Viperidae]]
| familia = Viperidae
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| subfamilia = [[Viperinae]]
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]''
| genus = ''[[Vipera]]''
| species = '''''V. nikolskii'''''
| species = '''''V. nikolskii'''''
| binomial = ''Vipera nikolskii''
| binomial = ''Vipera nikolskii''
| binomial_authority = [[V.I. Vedmederja|Vedmederja]], [[V.N. Grubant|Grubant]] & [[A.V. Rudajewa|Rudajewa]], [[1986]]
| binomial_authority = Vedmederja, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986
| synonyms = * ''Vipera nikolskii'' - Vedmederja, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref>
| synonyms = * ''Vipera nikolskii'' - Vedmederja, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref>
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'''Common names:''' Nikolsky's adder, forest-steppe adder.<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref>
'''Common names:''' Nikolsky's adder, forest-steppe adder.<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref>
 
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'''''Vipera nikolskii''''' is a [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Viperinae|viper]] [[species]] endemic in [[Ukraine]].<ref name="McD99"/> No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=634997|taxon=Vipera nikolskii|year=2006|date=18 August}}</ref>
'''''Vipera nikolskii''''' is a venomous [[Viperinae|viper]] species endemic in Ukraine.<ref name="McD99"/> No subspecies are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">[http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634997 ''Vipera nikolskii'' (TSN 634997)] at [http://www.itis.gov/index.html Integrated Taxonomic Information System]. Accessed 2 July 2007.</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
Adults are short and thick-bodied, growing to a maximum length of 680 mm.<ref name="Mal03"/>
Adults are short and thick-bodied, growing to a maximum length of 680 mm.<ref name="Mal03"/>


[[Holotype]]: ZDKU 14704, according to Golay et al. (1993).<ref name="McD99"/>
Holotype: ZDKU 14704, according to Golay et al. (1993).<ref name="McD99"/>


==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==
Central [[Ukraine]].<ref name="McD99"/> Mallow et al. (2003) mention that the distribution is concentrated in the forest-steppe zone of the Charkov region in Ukraine.<ref name="Mal03"/> The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]], according to Golay et al. (1993), is the banks of the Uda river, between Besljudovka and Vasishtshevo , near Kharkov.<ref name="McD99"/>
Found in central Ukraine.<ref name="McD99"/> Mallow et al. (2003) mention that the distribution is concentrated in the forest-steppe zone of the Charkov region in Ukraine.<ref name="Mal03"/> The type locality, according to Golay et al. (1993), is the banks of the Uda river, between Besljudovka and Vasishtshevo , near Kharkov.<ref name="McD99"/>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=nikolskii}}
* {{EMBL species|genus=Vipera|species=nikolskii}}.


[[Category:True vipers]]
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]]
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]]
[[Category:True vipers]]

Revision as of 04:37, 2 July 2007

Vipera nikolskii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Viperinae
Genus: Vipera
Species: V. nikolskii
Binomial name
Vipera nikolskii
Vedmederja, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986
Synonyms
  • Vipera nikolskii - Vedmederja, Grubant & Rudajewa, 1986[1]

Common names: Nikolsky's adder, forest-steppe adder.[2]  
 
Vipera nikolskii is a venomous viper species endemic in Ukraine.[1] No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

Description

Adults are short and thick-bodied, growing to a maximum length of 680 mm.[2]

Holotype: ZDKU 14704, according to Golay et al. (1993).[1]

Geographic range

Found in central Ukraine.[1] Mallow et al. (2003) mention that the distribution is concentrated in the forest-steppe zone of the Charkov region in Ukraine.[2] The type locality, according to Golay et al. (1993), is the banks of the Uda river, between Besljudovka and Vasishtshevo , near Kharkov.[1]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
  3. Vipera nikolskii (TSN 634997) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed 2 July 2007.

Other references

  • Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy. Golray P, Schatti J-C, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World: A Checklist. New York: Springer-Verlag. 393 pp.
  • Vedmederja VI, Grubant VN, Rudajewa AV. 1986. [On the taxonomy of the three viper species in the Vipera kaznakowi complex]. In: N. Ananjeva and L. Borkin (eds.), Systematics and ecology of Amphibians and Reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Leningrad, 157:55-61. (In Russian).

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